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Picky Minch ([personal profile] imjustpicky) wrote2011-11-07 12:47 pm

03 - Just One More Level? Please?

[Action A - 7132 Brooks Lane, Morning]

[Having heard in passing that people were getting stuff back in the mail, Picky was anxious to check his own mail to see what he'd be getting. Monday morning he volunteered to bring in the mail, and atop the usual bills and flyers was a box with "Picky Minch" written on it.

...the town didn't seem to care that he had been going by a different name. Huh.

But never mind that. A box! A box for him! He scooted back inside, set all of the mail down on the table by the front door, and hastily tore his package open.]


Hey! My Game Boy!

[And it was his, not just any dumb Game Boy plucked off a shelf. It had a scuff and dent on the bottom from when he dropped it, and it had the sticker over the battery cover that he had put there himself. And it was real, because when he flicked it on, the little red light lit up and the green-yellow screen powered on, and the "ding!" of a proper start-up sounded. Followed immediately by the first few strains of the Tetris title screen music.

...he shook the box out to see if any other games were included, but alas, none were. Still, Tetris was pretty good. And he really should play a little, to make sure that it worked properly... Someone's probably going to have to shoo him out the door to get him to go to school.]


[Action B - Mayfield Elementary School]

[Class has gotten dull, and Picky is no longer paying attention. He has his Game Boy on, volume turned down, tucked partway beneath his desk. He won't get caught, right? No one's paying attention, right?]

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[Lunchtime isn't much different. Rather than concern himself with peanut butter sandwiches and classmates, he's off at a table by himself, not eating, determined to get past level 4. That's where he's been stuck at this past while. It just gets so fast...]

[Action C - The Park, Afternoon]

[You know what happens when you play with your Game Boy all day? The one that had the same batteries in it from the before, that you haven't replaced in a while? The batteries run out.

Picky is on a bench in the park, manipulating those Tetris blocks, just about to get to level 6 when the dim red light finally flickers out. He starts, lifts his head, holds the Game Boy out in front of him, and then gets upset.]


Drat!

[Phone - Early Evening]

So, uh... hey. Does anyone know if you can get double-A batteries in this place? Or, or even better, does someone have a charger for a Game Boy?

It, uh, might be easier to get the batteries, but... but I've gotta ask.

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[identity profile] secretgod.livejournal.com 2011-11-07 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you talking about the really old Game Boy?

[identity profile] secretgod.livejournal.com 2011-11-08 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
That’s not what I meant. Are you using the really old Game Boy – you know, the big fat white one with the purple buttons?

[identity profile] secretgod.livejournal.com 2011-11-08 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Seriously? [Maybe it's one of the later older models, but-] Does the screen have any color? Other than black and green, or whatever those pre-Game Boy Color models have.
imoutos: (see your face again)

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[personal profile] imoutos 2011-11-08 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, Nadeko is sitting next to him.. And just happens to glance over at him while he's playing, her eyes turning a little wide - maybe out of fear for him being discovered by the teacher or anything like that as well. But she can't talk in class, of course, so instead her face colours just slightly as she looks away again, pretending really hard that she didn't notice but just failing at it. ]
imoutos: (this is a gift it comes with a price)

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[personal profile] imoutos 2011-11-09 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She can't talk in class, yet.. she feels rude for intruding on him, so she tries - as nervous and fumbly as ever, but carefully - to write something on a paper, and gently slide it over to his table. ]

Sorry.. Please keep playing if you want to..

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sure, feel free to do so now!

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C.

[identity profile] stealsluck.livejournal.com 2011-11-09 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Something wrong with your retro handheld entertainment device?

[A girl with grey skin and horns is coming up to talk to you.]

[identity profile] stealsluck.livejournal.com 2011-11-15 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
...Something wrong?

You seem to be staaaaaaaaring!

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[identity profile] timetables.livejournal.com 2011-11-09 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ have someone suddenly looking over your shoulder at lunch. because idk, i guess that's what he does now. ]

You kinda suck at that.

[identity profile] timetables.livejournal.com 2011-11-12 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I'm talking about. You gotta keep your head in the game no matter what happens.

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/bows

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hehe thanks

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[identity profile] pokeay.livejournal.com 2011-11-10 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ at lunch, Dia will hesitantly approach! ]

Um... can I sit here?

[identity profile] pokeay.livejournal.com 2011-11-13 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[ and he will sit down and put down his lunch! ... Which looks like it's more like for three grown adults, not one kid. ] ... Um... you're new to school, right?

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Action C

[identity profile] hardhat-truckie.livejournal.com 2011-11-10 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
(That's a familiar voice to Engie. Glancing over, he sees Finch upset and shaking some sort of weird machine that's rectangular in shape. Of course he is more worried about Finch, but any chance to check out new inventions is always welcome to Engie, and he quickly makes his way over.)

Hey there Finch. What's the matter?

[identity profile] hardhat-truckie.livejournal.com 2011-11-12 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Gameboy? Can I take a look at it? I know how ta recharge batteries ta give'em more juice, but they might not be the same type as the ones I'm used to.